586 NOCXUlDJi. 



2027. Meliana bicolorata. (Plate XCV. fig. 27.) 



HrliojihUa bicolorata, Grote, Papilio, i. p. 154 (1881); Smith, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. IS.'i. 



$ . ITeail and tliorax ochrcous with a brownish tinge; abdomen 

 ochreons, dorstdly tinged witli pinkish. I'orc wing ochreous ; the 

 costal edge and median nervure whitish ; the veins slightly defined 

 by pinkish streaks; pinkish fascise above median norvure and 

 vein 5 and on inner area ; a curved postmedial series of black 

 points usually present, and sometimes an antemedial point on 

 vein 1 ; a terminal series of slight black points. Hind wing white, 

 with a slight pinkish tinge and some fuscous irroration, especially 

 on the veins ; the underside white irrorated with fuscous. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glcnwood Springs, 2 $ ; New Mexico, 

 Merino Valley, Arizona, Chiricahua Mts., Tucson ; Mexico, Orizaba, 

 1 $ . Exp. ;j2 millim. 



2028. Meliana bertha. 



Mcliaiia bcriha, Scbaus, Lep. Sierra Leoue, p. 34, pi. 3. f. 3 (1893). 



(S . Head and thorax grey tinged with purplish and mixed with 

 some fuscous ; abdomen pale, the anal tuft tinged with ochreous, 

 some sublateral black points. Fore wing whitish, tinged with 

 jiurplish i)ink and rather thickly irrorated with fuscous ; the veins 

 defined by slight fuscous streaks, the interspaces of terminal area 

 also streaked with fuscous ; a black point in lower angle of cell 

 and a rather conical black spot beyond the angle ; a slight oblique 

 fuscous shade from apex ; a curved postmedial series of black 

 points on the veins and a terminal series. Hind wing ochreous 

 white, the termen slightly tinged with brown ; the underside with 

 some fuscous irroration on costal area and a terminal series of black 

 points. 



Hah. SiEKRA Leone {Clements), 1 c? . Exp. 28 millim. 



2029. Meliana rosea. (Plate XCV. fig. 28.) 



Leucania phragmitidicola,'W\k. ix. 97 (1856), nee G-uen. 



Lcucania rosea, Mciscbl. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxx. p. 389 (1880). 



Lcucania solita, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 262 (part.), nee Wlk. 



$ . Head and thorax whitish tinged with pink ; abdomen 

 ochreous white. Fore wing pale pink, with diffused yellowish 

 streaks in basal half of submcdian fold and in discal fold beyond 

 the cell, then bent upwards to apex; the veins with slight white 

 streaks, more prominent on median nervure and vein 4 ; the costal 

 and inner areas with slight black irroration ; a black point at lower 

 angle of cell ; a curved postmedial series of slight black points and 

 a terminal series. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area 

 slightly tinged with pale brown; the cilia white; the underside 



